US External Affairs Associate, Global Affairs

OpenAI
Washington
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 171,000 - 280,000 annuallyFunction: Data Science & Machine LearningSkills: ["Communication","Presentation","Interpersonal skills","Stakeholder management","Project management","Judgment","Cross-functional coordination","Listening"]

Advance OpenAI’s U.S. policy and partnerships engagement by building trusted relationships with civil rights, civil society, research, and community stakeholders. Help design co-design-based engagement strategies, create stakeholder maps and briefing materials, and prepare executives for convenings and public events. Translate complex AI, safety, and policy topics into clear external-facing explainers and support feedback loops that inform internal policy and product learning.

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US External Affairs Associate, Global Affairs

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Job Summary

Advance OpenAI’s U.S. policy and partnerships engagement by building trusted relationships with civil rights, civil society, research, and community stakeholders. Help design co-design-based engagement strategies, create stakeholder maps and briefing materials, and prepare executives for convenings and public events. Translate complex AI, safety, and policy topics into clear external-facing explainers and support feedback loops that inform internal policy and product learning.
Location: Washington
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Data Science & Machine Learning
Seniority: Entry level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Build and maintain trusted relationships with civil rights, civil society, research, community, labor, education, accessibility, and other relevant stakeholder organizations.
  • •Help execute a repeatable engagement operating model grounded in co-design, localized benefits, trusted validators, and regular partner reviews.
  • •Develop stakeholder maps, engagement plans, briefing materials, and follow-up systems for priority policy campaigns and rapid-response moments.
  • •Prepare OpenAI executives and subject-matter experts for external meetings, convenings, roundtables, and public events.
  • •Translate complex AI product, safety, and policy topics into clear materials for external audiences and surface external concerns and opportunities for internal teams.
Travel: Medium travel

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 171,000 - 280,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •Established network and credibility with civil society, civil rights, research, community, and other stakeholder organizations, including groups representing underrepresented communities.
  • •Deep experience in technology policy, public policy, public affairs, civil society engagement, advocacy, campaigns, or a related field.
  • •Strong understanding of federal, state, and local policy institutions, processes, and debates shaping AI governance in the United States.
  • •Demonstrated ability to design and execute stakeholder engagement strategies tied to concrete policy, partnership, or public trust objectives.
  • •Excellent communication, presentation, briefing, and interpersonal skills to convey complex technical and policy concepts to diverse audiences.
Skills:CommunicationPresentationInterpersonal skillsStakeholder managementProject managementJudgmentCross-functional coordinationListening

Company Brief

OpenAI
Develops and deploys advanced generative AI models (including ChatGPT and DALL·E) and AI infrastructure, providing APIs and consumer products to accelerate safe AGI for broad benefit.
Industry: AI & Machine Learning
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Hectocorn (USD 100B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2015
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